It took a while to get organised, but I managed to get out on the bike again...just 10 miles/16km today...up a local lane almost to where it joins the road to Castle Douglas...and back again.
A few sharp hills, so a couple of bits of walking...I'm not fit enough and the bike has racing ratio gears..and I've hardly ever managed the steepest section of the last hill before getting back into our village anyway!!
And apart from very little traffic....and despite the potholes and heaps of gravel that has been knocked out of said potholes and rough road patching....this is why I like this road....
Then a shower, late lunch and hurry for the bus to Ayr...and Italian class this week..but we spent the time discussing coffee...and that it is not Espreso Macciato, it is Espresso Màchiàtto!! And other coffee types...and comparing literal with figurative..."I could eat a horse"....and the placement of adjectives.. before and after can have different meanings...that happens in Welsh as well....but not, I think, in English?
Back for supper and I have ground to a halt....
The rain gently came over just after 5pm, so I'm regretting not changing out of shorts after getting home...as it is grey and chilly once more...but just think...no rain for 5 weeks and we started too dry then....
It seems to have stopped for now so perhaps it is time to plant the runner beans quickly, before tomorrow's promised heavier rain....
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it sounds like a full enough day to me. I do hope that you got your beans planted.
That video paints a very peaceful picture, with birds calling.
...keep pedaling.
Gosh you do pack it in. So busy
One of the reasons I stopped riding on the roads around here,is the traffic
We don’t even have a proper footpath, that we can quickly escape too if a particularly large or fast vehicle approaches.
It’s kinda like playing chicken or Russian roulette!
It’s also high on the list of why we don’t walk far from home.
It’s just too dangerous
I found that I had to have a set routine for riding. I would ride about 7 PM every day except when it rained.
10 miles cycling is a very good accomplishment. The road looks scenic with lots of greenery on both sides. No cars are always great.
Does English ever place an adjective after the noun it describes? I can only think of that in certain old songs or poems, as in, "it came upon a midnight clear."
We couldn't think of any examples...perhaps it used to in the distant past. It could be interesting to look at texts from the past
Well done! Rick's glad the rain has stopped here so he can get back out on the bike. He gets very crabby when he can't ride!
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